Suva struggle prompts NPDL changes
NEPTUNE PACIFIC Direct Line is working on ways to alleviate service congestion at the Fijian port of Suva, which is a major transhipment hub for the line and other carriers. NPDL...
RNZN SHIP SINKS OFF SAMOA
THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY’s diving, salvage and hydrographic ship HMNZS Manawanui has sunk this morning [6 October] after striking a reef and catching fire around one nautical...
Melbourne will be glowing in the wind
THE APAC Wind Energy Summit will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in July 2025, the second time in three years Victoria has hosted the event. Minister for...
Southern cruise season underway
THE Victorian cruise season began on the weekend with Princess Cruises’ Diamond Princess making the first of eight base-port calls this month and next. Ports Victoria list 119...
Provaris signs Yinson for CO2 initiative
SYDNEY-BASED ‘future energy’ company Provaris has launched a collaboration with Singapore’s Yinson Production Offshore for the development of storage tank solutions for the bulk...
Urgent Devonport works will delay redevelopment
TASPORTS has warned that urgent work to temporarily equip TT Line’s East Devonport No.1 berth to accommodate the new Spirit of Tasmania ropaxes will delay later stages of the...
Zim gets slots from ANL on Tasman
ISRAELI CARRIER ZIM has found a way to maintain a trans-Tasman service and crucial links to its ZAX China-Australia product through a slot-charter deal with ANL Container Line....
MSC fills WA gap with Koala
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Co will revive the Koala brand for a new weekly service between China and Western Australia, via Indonesia. Although there had been no official announcement...
Macquarie adds to offshore wind portfolio
MACQUARIE Asset Management has entered into an agreement to purchase 100% ownership of Danish offshore wind specialist ZITON, which claims to be the market leader in operations...
Fleet expansion for Spliethoff
MULTI-PURPOSE specialist Spliethoff has placed an order with China’s Wuhu Shipyard for a new series of eight vessels, with an option for two additional vessels, delivering from...
Dali lawsuits pile on
CONTAINERSHIP Dali’s owners Grace Ocean and managers Synergy Marine are the target of still more legal claims over the vessel’s March allision with and destruction of the Francis...
Big, bigger, biggest: WW upsizes Shapers
WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN has decided to increase the size of four of its highly-advanced Shaper class PCTCs currently on order with Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) to become the largest...
PCTC in Port Phillip near miss
SKILLFUL WORK by pilots averted a possibly serious incident in Port Phillip Bay on Wednesday afternoon [25 September] when the inbound PCTC Höegh St Petersburg suffered a steering...
ACCC consults on Olam's Namoi bid
SINGAPORE-based Olam has offered court-enforceable undertakings in its efforts to obtain ACCC clearance for its bid for Namoi Cotton, but the Commission remains concerned about...
Maersk reworks Oceania products
MAERSK LINE is to undertake a major re-organisation of its Oceania services, adding one, canning two and revising a fourth. The headline is the introduction of a revived Northern...
